1. هَل آنَ لِلقَيدِ أَن تَفُكَّه

    إِنَّ قَبيحَ الفِعالِ حِكِّه

    Has the time come for you to undo the fetter?

    Indeed, a man of vile deeds is its equal.

  2. بِكُلِّ أَرضٍ أَميرُ سوءٍ

    يَضرِبُ لِلناسِ شَرَّ سِكِّه

    In every land an evil ruler

    Mints the worst coinage for the people.

  3. قَد كَثُرَ الغِشُّ وَاِستَعانَت

    بِهِ الأَشِدّاءُ وَالأَرِكَّه

    Deceit has grown rife, and help is sought

    From it by the strong and the weak.

  4. فَما تَرى مِسكَةً بِحالٍ

    إِلّا وَقَد موزِجَت بِسُكَّه

    So in no circumstance do you see a piece of musk

    That has not already been blended with sukk perfume.

  5. وَلَم يَجِد سائِلٌ عَليماً

    يُزيلُ بِالموضِحاتِ شَكَّه

    Nor has an inquirer found a learned man

    Who dispels his doubt with clear explanations.

  6. كَم فارِسٍ يَغتَدي لِغابٍ

    وَفارِسٍ يَقتَدي بِشِكَّه

    Many a lion sets out at dawn for a thicket,

    And many a horseman follows his peer.

  7. فَخَلِّهِم وَالَّذي أَرادوا

    وَحُلَّ بِالقُدسِ أَو بِمَكَّه

    So leave them with what they desired,

    And settle in Jerusalem or Mecca.

  8. صَكَّهُمُ الدَهرُ صَكَّ أَعمى

    تَكتُبُ أَيدي الفَناءِ صَكَّه

    Time has struck them with a blind man's blow;

    The hands of annihilation write its writ.

  9. قَد ثَرَّبَت يَثرِبٌ عَلَيهِم

    وَبِكَّةُ المُسلِمينَ بَكَّه

    Yathrib has indeed reproached them,

    And the Muslims' Bakkah is a crushing throng.